Rap In Peace Humpty. *doublepromote
Gregory Jacobs (August 25, 1963 – April 22, 2021), known professionally as Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump), was an American musician, rapper, and lead vocalist for the hip hop group Digital Underground.

I like Sheliyah's version (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9EHISklW1k): a female vocalist eviscerates a lot of the macho nastiness.

That was great - vocalist nailed it. I vaguely remember watching The Beatles medley they did in a coffee shop or something and it was pretty legit too.

Great vocalist but terrible rendition of that song...

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

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Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

*quality

Keith Flint, vocalist for the British band The Prodigy, has died at age 49. The group confirmed that Flint allegedly died by suicide.

RIP

It is very different and poppy compared to previous stuff for sure. I like it in the context of the song, even though overall I prefer Tool's prog/metal melding.

I'm not a Maynard whisperer / expert, but my guess is that there are 2 motivations for the sound of this song/album compared to other stuff.

1) Although Maynard is the vocalist for Tool, APC, and Puscifer (which I haven't listened to much), he kinda wants to keep all those projects distinct. Tool is more dark and heavy, APC is a bit more rock, and Puscifer trending towards some electronic stuff. But that kinda oversells this, because mostly he is putting vocals down onto musical tracks that the members of those bands have already recorded without much or any input from him...

2) From my interpretation of the song itself, he's being (mildly) critical about getting caught up in triviality of celebrity gossip and nightly news instead of paying attention to stuff closer to home. While simultaneously accepting that we all do that, and that sometimes it takes the death of a far-off idol from our adolescence that we'll never meet in person to get us to consider our own mortality.


So the poppy sound with that dark edge right around the corner really fits -- at least to me.

I had to look up whether the band had a new vocalist, as I couldn't recognize Maynard here at all. A very different style than I've ever heard from him before, significantly more poppy though clearly still dark.

Looks a bit like Daniel Arbruster. (Joywave vocalist) but it probably just the glasses and moustache.

The vocalist is a stealth breathing wizard!